reporting from the ryder cup, i'm paul eggers, first business news. a comparison reveals the 27 eu countries have a larger gdp, more fortune 500 companies and actually attract more u.s. investment. still ahead, with the election just months away, hear how traders pick a winner. traders unplugged is right after this. ñçbÑ traders unplugged gets into politics and money today. pro traders larry shover and alan knuckman are ready to duke it out just like the candidates, and fair to say, traders will use just about anything for a trading opportunity, so round one: an election trading opportunity. intrade.com gives president obama a 75% chance of winning. are you a buyer or seller of that stat? > > i just want to talk about how legitimate these prediction markets are. it's offshore, so people don't actually put money on who they think is going to win. it's gone from 70% to 75%, so i think obama's getting a little bit over-bought. not that i think romney is going to win, but i think there's some opportunity here. > > i have to disagree with you, and i really

paul eggers reports on the risks and rewards in developing economies. typically defined as countries with low- to middle-income standards, emerging market nations like india and russia can sometimes be under-rated by investors. "keep in mind, these are creditor nations now, that have the wherewithal to lower interest rates, to spend money to shift their economies around. so i think investors aren't giving them enough credit for the flexibility that they've got." as a result, the market may be under-pricing the sector according to jack ablin, chief investment officer of bmo harris private bank. "emerging markets are certainly cheap. when you measure them against the u.s. on a price-to- book, price-to-sales basis, emerging markets are certainly an attractive place to be on paper. problem is they've been caught in this correlation trade with europe." europe remains the biggest trading partner for emerging economies, and though most developing nations actually have control of their national debt, "the indebtedness of greece and spain is not something you'd

embassy and camp eggers and other foreign embassies are located. >> it's a clear sign that the insurgency is not caring at all about the civilian population and they're misusing teenagers for their brutal attacks. >> reporter: the taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack. they say they were targeting a covert cia torture center. they also claim to have killed five american-asians. but according to afghan officials it was only afghan civilians who were killed and wounded in the attack and according to pictures and video from the scene it seemed to be young afghan children who were there trying to sell trinkets to u.s. service members as they tried to support their families. atia abawi, nbc news, kabul. >>> meantime, prince harry arrived in afghanistan at the start of a tour. we're told he'll fly apache helicopter missions. this is his second deployment to the country. >>> next tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. while new york is building a new tower at the site of the new center, a proposed 9/11 museum seems to having trouble getting started. nbc

i'm crystal egger with your forecast. we'll start with this afternoon, there will be showers and stormts across the high plains with the next cold front, cooling off temperatures quite a bit. we'll have a few isolated showers across the southeast, even in the charlotte area, that's why president obama's speech has been moved indoors. 92 in washington, 92 in louisville, hot and humid and pop-up showers. temperatures are well into the triple digits, texas oklahoma, arkansas, even northern louisiana. keep in mind you add in the humidity and the heat indices are going to be even higher than that. friday gets a lot busier across the western lakeses and down tots midwest. we'll take some of this rain as we're in a severe drought across the heartland. again, accompanying a severe threat. 72 in billings for friday, still hot hot hot in the southern plains, 87 in louisville. we'll have the 80s and 90s across the east and we'll track this system as it moves that way and brings more scattered showers and storms, unsettled weather fo

yeah, she's a sweet lady, which reminds me that i just had on my radio program a week or so ago dave eggers out. >> it was a great show. tavis: a wonderful review in the new york times the other day about his new book, but one of the books that made him famous is a toon book, of course. >> right. tavis: he told me you're working on trying to bring out that film. how's that? >> yeah, we're developing that as an animated film. tavis: an animated film? >> yeah. we're calling that "zeitoun, the movie." we're working with a fantastic artist from minneapolis named charlie griak who's just kind of proving in the images he's doing now that animation can be arguably or even a richer way to visualize a story than with cameras and actors and extras and stuff. tavis: the reason i raise "zeitoun" is because zeitoun is a story of a muslim family in new orleans. for those who read the book, you know it's a best-selling text. this muslim family in new orleans who were so maltreated in the days after hurricane katrina, it's a fascinating text and i'm glad that jonathan demme is working to bring that to the

i'm meteorologist crystal egger with the weather channel and your forecast for the next week.e do have a severe weather threat that includes chicago, even back into st. louis we're expecting some storms. so keep an eye to the sky later today. if you hear thunder rumbling, you definitely want to get indoors. a cold front works its way across the east so again we're expecting more showers in places like new york, philly and d.c., even around atlanta. a hit-and-miss around the afternoon. the heat is locked in the southern plains, dallas and oklahoma triple digits, hot and humid as the recovery continues from isaac along the gulf coast. about 80 degrees for the high today in new york city as we're expecting storms and showers. plenty of cloud cover around. by thursday, it quiets down, there will still be spotty weather, president baobama maki his speech in north carolina. there is a threat of thunderstorms, outdoor venue. almost fall-like in some areas, 77 in las vegas, by friday. next system that cold front that cooled off the high plains moves back into the lakes, 75 in chicago,

. ♪ >>> good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist crystal egger with your weather.y it'll feel like fall around the great lakes and ohio valley. in the northeast, heads-up, we have more showers and thunderstorms forecast just like last weekend although not as widespread of a severe weather threat. a few were isolated. could be severe. the main threat damaging wind and locally heavy rain and lightning out there and that includes up around the great lakes. southeast is quiet. still a few storms across florida. looking dry in the west, in fact, summerlike for the desert southwest on this first day of fall, 107 in phoenix. 55, however, in minneapolis, a few snowflakes possible early in the morning. not expecting any accumulation but the first flakes of the season around northern minnesota, northern wisconsin, look at chicago, 63 for the high. that means much of the day you're only going to be in the 50s. sunday, it's going to quiet down quite a bit. we won't have as much of the wind here. won't be as blugs terry of a day but still chilly around the great lakes. look at

i'm crystal egger with your forecast.will be showers and stormts across the high plains with the next cold front, cooling off temperatures quite a bit. we'll have a few isolated showers across the southeast, even in the charlotte area, that's why president obama's speech has been moved indoors. 92 in washington, 92 in louisville, hot and humid and pop-up showers. temperatures are well into the triple digits, texas oklahoma, arkansas, even northern louisiana. keep in mind you add in the humidity and the heat indices are going to be even higher than that. friday gets a lot busier across the western lakeses and down tots midwest. we'll take some of this rain as we're in a severe drought across the heartland. again, accompanying a severe threat. 72 in billings for friday, still hot hot hot in the southern plains, 87 in louisville. we'll have the 80s and 90s across the east and we'll track this system as it moves that way and brings more scattered showers and storms, unsettled weather for saturday, sunday we trim down, where m

they fired carter and they hired egger. we're going to do the same thing this time. >> shep: you'll notice even the sign on paul ryan's podium asks the question, are you better off? no missed opportunities here issues at least not on that front. democrats say president obama inherited a lot of problems and certainly he did. and they contend he's making progress on fixing them. but the republicans say he's had enough time. team fox coverage continues. why in the world are you in vermont? >> hi, shep. governor romney is actually taking some time to prepare for the debates next month. there will be three presidential debates and a vice presidential debate. essentially consuming almost all of october. that will be a heck of a sprint to the election day. so it really matters. he's here in woodstock, vermont at the home of his former lieutenant governor in massachusetts, kerry healy, where they're doing a whole bunch of debate prep. book work, as well as rehearsals. he'll be doing so opposite rob portman. he will play the role of

egger were not for the voting rights act for civil rights, where for a constitution that is broadeningnse. the other thing i said is i thought they two best speeches were marco rubio who was very inspiring, and susanna martinez. i love clint eastwood as actor and i respect him. that was not his finest performance. i think it is not fair to do that to clear these would. they're supposed to be so organized and this was supposed to be scripted and this was supposed to be the manager's. somebody did not manage that very well. >> have you avoid your empty chair moment? -- how do you avoid your empty chair moment? >> by not having empty rhetoric. by telling the truth. >> let's talk about the management of the convention trade -- convention. >> that there was for a lot of the people, for some of you folks but it was for a lot of the people who have been doing hard work. let's be clear. i have not done any of the heavy lifting. there were hundreds of passionate, dedicated staff members and want to thank them. their work really hard. i do not get any credit for it. i will get blamed. that is wh